"Sometimes I might go too far with the pretentious references, which I might not do again. But when you're writing, you're sitting alone in a room so you're writing to amuse yourself as much as anybody else."

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John Michael McDonagh

#Writing Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Pretentious Quotes

“I went back to Holland and I thought 'Ok, now I made so many movies in Hollywood, I know how special effects work, how to do action for not a lot of money, and I have all of these skills now.' It was something in Holland that nobody dared to touch.”
“I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to”
“Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.”

Source : Pope John Paul II, Achille Silvestrini, Jerome M. Vereb (1999). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.305, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Count your blessings. Every time I am doing bad I count my blessings. And I always lose count. Try that sometime.”
“I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I'd probably do it for nothing.”
“No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.”
“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nuclear bomb] ... I thought maybe my discovery might have the practical value of, say, neon in neon signs.”
“Being judgmental and condemning is not one of the gifts of the Spirit.”

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